Turns out the history of 3D rendering involves a lot of nerds doing a lot of math.

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Script, VO, 3D Animation by Cam
  / @thecamwing  

Compositing, visual effects, editing by Sam
  / @invertedhorse  
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Indie Animation Showcase
Good Woods:
   • Good Woods  

Why Are Disney Remakes So Ugly
   • Why Are Disney Remakes So Ugly?  

COOL TIMES: GRAND TOUR
   • COOL TIMES: GRAND TOUR  

vENDED
   • vENDED  
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Video B-roll sources:

EditDroid: Rise and Fall
   • EditDroid Rise and fall 1080p  

Futureworld 3D animation sequence:
   • 1976, Futureworld - World's first 3D ...  

A Computer Animated Hand:
   • A Computer Animated Hand (1972) HQ  

Utah Graphics in the Bay Area
   • Utah Graphics in the Bay Area  

Toy Story - CGI making of
   • Toy Story - CGI making of (1995) HD  
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Book passages were read from David Price's 'The Pixar Touch'
(Which you can find at your local library!)

Toy Story behind-the-scenes
https://www.wired.com/1995/12/toy-story/
https://beforesandafters.com/2019/11/...

Catmull's research paper:
https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/app/...

Bloomberg's coverage of the Pixar Antitrust Case
https://web.archive.org/web/201510260...

US V Lucasfilm litigation
https://www.justice.gov/atr/case/us-v...
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0:00 - Intro
1:56 - Animation software through the decades
4:09 - Ed Catmull & the Graphics Group
7:08 - A Computer Animated Hand
10:05 - Analog rendering of a digital video
11:42 - Pixar was decades ahead of the game
14:07 - 3D modeling has never been easier
15:41 - I LOVE megacorporations I LOVE megacorporations I LO
18:25 - Outro